Lora vs Zaragoza

Just a pity about the quality really.

I think Miguel was a bit of an underachiever considering the natural talent he had, but still very few Bantamweights would have outboxed him at his best.

One of the great punch slippers.

 

I'll give some thoughts later on, or maybe tomorrow, but i doubt you'll get many replies.

Lora is one of those fighters who was awesome, but only about 5 people at most actually give a **** about around here.

 

I have only seen happy lora fight against gabby canizales.

Was he a big fav in that fight? Also what stage of his career was he in?

 

Ok thanks for the info

 

Around this time in his career Lora would easily rank among the top 3-5 defensive specialists I've ever seen. Among the best counter-punchers as well. It's difficult to wrap your head around how such technical mastery can become seemingly second nature. His reaction timing was out of this world.

 

The man makes Pernell Whitaker look one-dimensional. Does more than adequately with the straight right when forced to lead as well.

I'm no expert on Lora and my knowledge of him is limited purely to trawling around YouTube and the like, but from what I've seen I wouldn't say he's quite a technical master Bujia - in fact, I think technical issues are in some respects possibly his kryptonite. He has a tendency towards complacency in spots (particularly offensively) and sometimes loks like he wants to counter everything, even when it's not really on, which sometimes manifests itself as a loss of balance or a wild swing or falling in for instance. He has the talent to get away with this against most, but vs. somebody like Zarate he could end up getting nailed and put away. The less flashy skills like shot selection, retaining poise while throwing etc. may look less impressive but are often what separates a great talent like Lora from a complete, controlled Napoles-esque stylist. Even if the Mayweathers of this world are less exciting to watch and inferior in terms of talent and skillset, that extra bit of professionalism goes a long way.

He knows all the moves though.

 

I can see where you're coming from, itry, but I disagree. He not only had great reaction timing, but technically his defensive repertoire and offensive shot selection were impeccable. Occasionally yes, as in the Zaragoza bout, he tended to go a little counter-happy, but not to any kind of fault, as his defensive skills would always put him in a position to slip or roll an incoming counter almost instantly after throwing a punch.

 

Shot selection was probably the wrong term on second thoughts; it's part of the counter-puncher's instinct to know where the opening is and how to exploit it and Lora was as good as any at that. I was talking more in terms of knowing when to throw the shot - not timing, but knowing when it's appropriate, like.